“In the Eyes of the Rose”
(A.J. Foti)

They said, why don’t you buy her a silk rose?
The ones that just don’t die,
And I wondered about the tradition and it left me wondering why?

In the eyes of the rose, the gardener is immortal,
In the eyes of the rose, the gardener lasts forever,
Why can’t we last just as long?
Why can’t we last just as long?

Well, I decided to buy her a real one,
The ones that blossom and bloom,
Well, the one where the bud spreads its petals,
and fills the room with perfume.

In the eyes of the rose, the gardener is immortal,
In the eyes of the rose, the gardener lasts forever,
Why can’t we last just as long?
Why can’t we last just as long?

Well the rose lasted its lifetime from seed to stem to rhyme...
And I wondered about the tradition and it left me wondering why?
‘Cause just like my time with this girl, the rose decided to die.

In the eyes of the rose, the gardener is immortal,
In the eyes of the rose, the gardener just doesn’t die,
But the rose decided to die...
The rose decided to die.

based on the writings of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle